Submitted by Melva L Taylor
November 26, 1996 - Tuesday, pg A2
KENNETH LEE MARTIN
Chevy Chase, Md: - Kenneth Lee Martin, 56, of Chevy Chase, Md., formerly of Tampico, died Sunday, Nov. 24, 1996, at Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, Md.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Garland Funeral Home, Tampico, with the Rev. Kris Johnson, pastor of Tampico Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be at Yorktown Cemetery, rural Tampico. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. A memorial has been established for the Yorktown Church of Christ or St. Jude's Children's Hospital, Memphis, Tenn.
Mr. Martin was born Nov. 30, 1939, in Yorktown, the son of Harry and Geneva (Powell) Martin. He married Stephanie Castiglioni on May 11, 1976, in Maryland. He was a graduate of George Washington University, Washington, D.C., receiving a master's degree and attended Stanford University, California. He was employed as a foreign service officer with the Department of State, Washington, D.C. He was a member of the Peace Corp, stationed in Nepal, Lima, Peru, and Honduras.
Survivors include his wife, Stephanie of Chevy Chase, Md., two daughters, Robin Martin and Jennie Martin, both at home; one son, Nicholas, Nolkes of Australia; three sisters, Norma (Orville) Hatten of Tampico, Verla (James) Basden of Monmouth, and Sandra Sells of Galesburg, and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
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Also see his "Memorial Card" submitted by Bob Johnson
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